Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction
| Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction & Nonfiction | |
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| Awarded for | Best adult fiction & non-fiction |
| Sponsor | Carnegie Corporation (main sponsor) Booklist (co-sponsor) Reference and User Services Association (co-sponsor) |
| Location | ALA Annual Conference |
| Country | USA |
| Presented by | American Library Association |
| Host | American Library Association |
| Reward | $5,000 (winner) $1,500 (finalist) |
| First awarded | 2012 |
| Official website | Website |
The Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction & Nonfiction was named in honor of nineteenth-century American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.[1] The Medals were established in 2012 to recognize the best fiction and nonfiction books for adult readers published in the U.S. the previous year.[2] The award is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and administered by the American Library Association (ALA), through a Carnegie endowment.[2]Booklist and the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) cosponsor the awards.[2] The shortlist and winners are selected by a seven-member selection committee.[2] The annually appointed selection committee includes a chair, three Booklist editors or contributors, and three former members of RUSA CODES Notable Books Council.[2]
The winners, one each for fiction and nonfiction, are announced at an event in June at the ALA Annual Conference; winning authors receive a $5,000 cash award, and two finalists in each category receive $1,500.[2]
Shortlists and winners
Blue Ribbon (
) = winner.
2012
- Lost Memory of Skin by Russell Banks
The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright- Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
- The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood by James Gleick
- Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable
- Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert Massie
References
- ^ "Carnegie Corporation of New York and the American Library Association Announce New Literary Prizes". carnegie.org. March 5, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f "Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction & Nonfiction (official website)". Retrieved May 13, 2012.
- ^ a b Neal Wyatt (May 21, 2012). "Wyatt’s World: The Carnegie Medals Short List". Library Journal. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
- ^ a b Carolyn Kellogg (June 25, 2012). "First-ever Carnegie Awards in Literature go to Enright, Massie". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
External links
- Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction & Nonfiction, official website.
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